During an interview at a radio station LBC The head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said that Ukraine will not receive the F-16 warplanes until the counterattack is complete. He noted that due to the current situation on the front line, a decision on this issue will not be made in the near future.
Bauer stated that the training of Ukrainian pilots, the training of technical experts and the provision of a logistics organization for the aircraft are not possible until the counterattack is over. He also acknowledged that it was very difficult for the Ukrainian army to advance on the front line due to the three lines of defense, large minefields and serious obstacles to vehicles.
According to Ukraine’s plans, it expects to receive F-16 warplanes in 2023, but that may not happen until early 2024, according to Politico.
In mid-June, he issued a warning from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said that if Ukraine received F-16 fighter jets and planned to use them in combat, but if their base was outside Ukraine, the Russian military would consider the possibility of destroying them. .
Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said an unnamed country had promised to start training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets in June. But according to him, the program changes due to an error in the calculations.
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